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The execution of William Carr on Dec. 17, 1897 in Liberty, Mo.

America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment

Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution was not without precedent — it tapped into a dark and forgotten U.S. tradition.

Valentina Galvis with her son at their Chicago home in June 2025.

The War on Immigrants

Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room

The lawsuit alleges that the contractor MVM Inc. and the hotel chain Sonesta detained the family for profit.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is blocked off to the public, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington.

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Reflecting on the Trump Era

Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation should have been an easy lift. But it quickly became a monument to failure.

An aerial photo shows a Google data center on July 24, 2025, in Henderson, Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.

Delia Ramirez participates in the MeidasTouch Network and MoveOn Alternative State of the Union Rally on the National Mall with members of Congress and their guests speaking on different issues such as immigration, the economy, and the Epstein files in Washington, D.C., United States, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via AP)

The War on Immigrants

Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security

Jessica Washington

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

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ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get

Natasha Lennard

UNITED STATES - JULY 29: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives for the Senate Republicans' lunch meeting on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland… Oregon

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The Intercept Briefing

Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms

The Intercept Briefing

Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”

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Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall

Natasha Lennard

President Donald Trump arrives at Ellington Airport in Houston, on August 27, 2026, ahead of a Republican National Committee fundraiser and a ceremony for the Artemis II astronauts at NASA Johnson Space Center. A man wears a red hat with the words ''Gulf of America'' embroidered on it. (Photo by Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Voices

Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”

Seth Stern, Clayton Weimers

Iran

A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.

The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War

The destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile during Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2026.

U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties in Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury

A pedestrian walks past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container, installed on a building along a street in downtown of Tehran on August 31, 2026. Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on August 31 in retaliation for American strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first exchange of fire for a month in a war that has engulfed the region. Six months into the conflict, the two sides remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the strategic strait shut and Washington persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /

Congress Failed Again to Stop Trump’s Iran War. This Group Is Trying Through the Courts.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise

Midterms

Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms

The Intercept Briefing

The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters

Demonstrators hold signs during a voting rights rally outside the US Capitol in Washington DC, US on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. The US Supreme Court refused to clear the Postal Service to enforce new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the congressional midterms, in a rebuff to the Trump administration after some states started early voting and opponents warned late-breaking changes would inject chaos into the elections. Photographer: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images

They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.

Jessica Washington

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to members of the media as the Trump Cabinet briefs members of Congress on Iran at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump administration Cabinet officials will be briefing all lawmakers in the House and Senate on U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

John Fetterman Is Fundraising on GOP Donor Email Lists

Justice

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 23: Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an "ICE Out” day of protest on January 23, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions have urged Minnesotans to participate in what they are calling a "day of action" as local businesses are expected to close during a statewide general strike held in protest against immigration enforcement operations in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani looks on as New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks to the press to give an update about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting in the Bronx borough of New York on October 8, 2026. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would ask US President Donald Trump to remove federal immigration agents from the city as tensions flared over the latest shooting involving ICE. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem

ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says

Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town

War on Gaza

HAIFA, ISRAEL - AUGUST 22: Palestinian and Israeli human rights activists gather outside Damon Prison near Haifa, Israel, on August 22, 2026, to protest the ongoing administrative detention and reported mistreatment of Palestinian female political prisoners. Demonstrators held banners calling for an immediate end to indefinite detention without trial or charge, highlighting systemic rights violations and severe prison conditions while demanding the release of all detained women. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention

UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.

A graffiti mural depicting Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the documentary 'NAZA'- which documents civilian deaths in Gaza, features testimonies from Israeli military personnel involved in targeting and remote killing mechanisms, and frame military operations as genocide - is altered in Ashdod, Israel, on September 16, 2026. Initially painted by an artist accusing the filmmakers of being 'traitors,' the text on the mural was subsequently modified by another artist to read 'heroes.'

The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means

Séamus Malekafzali

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Recording artist Pink speaks on stage during the celebration of the launch of UNICEF Kid Power on November 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic)

Pink Supported Macklemore’s Firing. Now Activists Want UNICEF to Cut Ties With Her.

Unmasking ICE

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 26: ICE agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centeron May 26, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The protests, which have become tense over the holiday weekend, come amid reports of an ongoing hunger strike by detainees. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents

NYC, NY, UNITED STATES - 2025/12/19: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. According to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will increase its operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will look to defend her immigration enforcement and make the case to end the DHS shutdown in front of a combative audience before hearings in both chambers. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Chilling Dissent

FAYETTEVILLE, AR - APRIL 11: Old Main building tower reflected in a window on the campus of the University of Arkansas on April 11, 2007 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says

Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop

ALVARADO, TEXAS - JANUARY 30: The Prarieland Detention Center is seen, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Alvarado. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest